re: #63 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

A Hitler in some form: the German industrialists and financiers were looking for just such a figure to put up as a puppet figure. Except in Hitler’s case, they misunderestimated his charisma and appeal and his ability to be manipulated.

An authoritarian Mussolini/Pinochet-like figure? Probable, though not inevitable.
A guy who starts a world war? Possible, certainly not inevitable.
A guy who builds extermination factories? A fluke of history.